Bill Text: HI SR76 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: HART; Ridership Levels Data

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-22 - (S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-19-12. [SR76 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SR76-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3376

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.R. No. 76

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs and Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 76 entitled:

 

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION TO DETERMINE COST-EFFECTIVE AND REVENUE-GENERATING RIDERSHIP LEVELS FOR THE RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to determine cost-effective and revenue-generating ridership levels for the rail transit system.

 

     Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation and one individual.

 

     Your Committees find that more definitive information on the number of riders per day is needed to enable a determination of the cost-effectiveness and revenue-generation potential of Honolulu's rail transit project.  Much information exists regarding the planning, construction, location, and financing of the rail transit system; however, a very limited amount of information exists regarding the sustainability of the project beyond its completion particularly with regard to maintenance costs.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by amending the findings language to describe the issue of urban sprawl and the need to develop denser suburban communities with viable transportation options to alleviate traffic and other concerns.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs and Transportation and International Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 76, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 76, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs and Transportation and International Affairs,

 

____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair		____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair